Comments | ohnotheydidnt: The View: Stephen King, 911 Anniversary, Hot Topics

I thought J.Lo was today, did she get bumped or cancel?

ALSO the ticker at the bottom said "Dixie Chicks Comeback" but they never talked about it did they? I was ready to rage at whatever shitty opinion Meghan has about them!

masterofmystery September 11 2019, 20:20:51 UTC

i never knew the book ending for 'it' until my cousin told me today and was like '................... a turtle'

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michiru September 11 2019, 21:22:10 UTC

You nailed it. My office building is covered in huge American flags today to commemorate the event. You can’t look out the window without seeing one.

xpirate_queenx September 11 2019, 21:35:24 UTC

9/11 fucked this country up so much. It spawned a whole new type of ~patriotism that I'm not sure will ever go away.

myhipusername September 12 2019, 00:11:23 UTC

that documentary called the 2000s really touched up on that and i never thought about it that way

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talklikelions September 11 2019, 20:50:45 UTC

I’m listening to the shining rn and god I fucking hate Jack Torrance. Like literally from chapter one I was like this man needs to die (some dreams do come true) and I’m sure that’s King’s intent.

Is he not going to give Stu and Fran a happy ending then?

I’m going to rewatch the shining but it’s honestly tainted by the fact that Kubrick tortured Shelley Duvall so much to get ~genuine reactions. Then whatshisface went on to do the same thing to JLaw w Mother!

scriptedending September 11 2019, 21:02:04 UTC

The book version of The Shining is so much better than the movie. I really should reread it.

talklikelions September 11 2019, 21:10:25 UTC

I’m really enjoying it! I initially got it bc I had an audible credit expiring and when in doubt, King, but I’m totally hooked. I think one of the problems w a lot of king books being made into movies is that so much of the fear is psychological. Like Pet Sematary? Good effort I guess but without Louis’s thought process being explained my bf said it didn’t make a lot of sense. But like...in the book is made so much sense and that was what made it scary to me, bc I was like “what would I do? WHAT IF....” and that’s terrifying!

And the shining, you start off hating Jack and you get Danny’s thoughts which genuinely adds soooo much to it

headcaseheidi September 12 2019, 18:16:02 UTC

#teamwendy

very late to this post but i definitely recommend the shining miniseries from the ‘90s if you haven’t seen it! carries a lot more nuance of the book and isn’t attached to any bts abuse like kubrick’s is

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